2. a food or biochemical substance used by the body that must be supplied in adequate amounts from foods consumed. There are six classes of nutrients: water, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins.
The noun WAXING has 2 senses: 1. the application of wax to a surface. 2. a gradual increase in magnitude or extent. Familiarity information: WAXING used as a noun is rare. â¢ WAXING (adjective). The adjective WAXING has 1 sense: 1. (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases. Familiarity information: WAXING used as an adjective is very rare.
(ad'i-pÅ-sÄr), 1  A fatty substance of waxy consistency derived from dead animal tissues (for example, a corpse) that forms in anerobic conditions. 2  Synonym(s): grave wax, lipocere. [ 3 adipo- + L. cera, wax] 4  A brown, fatty, waxlike substance that forms on dead animal tissues in response to moisture.